About Me

Dow Phumiruk* is a pediatrician who has found her passion in children's book art. Though creative throughout childhood, she put this artistic part of her aside as she pursued a career in medicine. Years later, when she chose to take time off to be a stay-at-home mother (2003), she rediscovered her love of all things creative, finding much joy especially in children's book illustration. She experimented with different mediums and styles on her own for a while. Finally realizing she couldn't do it all alone, she took the plunge into SCBWI in 2011 and hasn't looked back!Now she primarily works digitally (mostly because she really, really, really needs to erase sometimes) and is represented by East West Literary Agency. Her favorite subjects are children (especially girls) and animals. Her dream of becoming a traditionally published illustrator has recently come true: she illustrated a picture book biography of Maya Lin, written by Jeanne Walker Harvey, released in May 2017 by Christy Ottaviano Books (Henry Holt/Macmillan). Also recently, she illustrated Mr. Elephant's Rio Tour (March 2016) for local author Janie Dullard.

She lives in Lone Tree, Colorado with her husband of over 2.5 decades, three artistic daughters, one dwarf rabbit, one hamster, one tiny frog, and a really cool bearded dragon named Sparkles.Dow also enjoys fast and furious sewing projects and limited hiking and biking.